Public health groups are suing the Environmental Protection Agency ( #EPA ) over its approval of a #PFAS “forever chemical”
#insecticide
that industry research found likely
reduces testicle size,
lowers sperm count and
harms the liver in rats.
The pesticide, #isocycloseram,
is used on food crops
and could especially threaten children and developing fetuses,
but the EPA did not factor those risks into its safety assessment,
said Nathan Donley,
environmental health science director with the
"Center for Biological Diversity",
a plaintiff in the suit.
The lawsuit marks the latest
flare-up in an ongoing controversy
over the use of forever chemicals
in pesticides,
which public health advocates discovered under the Biden administration,
and has accelerated under Trump.
The pesticide program has also caused friction between
the Robert F Kennedy Jr.-aligned Make America Healthy Again (Maha) movement, which broadly opposes pesticide use,
and Maga elements atop the Trump administration aligned with pesticide and chemical industries.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/24/lawsuit-epa-pesticide-isocycloseram?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other